encaminó

[ẽŋkamiˈno]

/[ẽŋkamiˈno]/ verb

The verdict

“encaminó” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,283 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,283
frequency rank, Spanish
101,141
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encaminar.

Key facts for encaminó
PropertyValue
Headwordencaminó
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋkamiˈno]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,283
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “encaminó” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). encaminó lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

encaminó is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,283 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkamiˈno]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encaminar.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for encaminó, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is encaminó, spelled E-N-C-A-M-I-N-Ó.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encaminar.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encaminó"?
"encaminó" is spelled E-N-C-A-M-I-N-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋkamiˈno].
What does "encaminó" mean?
As a verb, "encaminó" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encaminar.
How do you pronounce "encaminó"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encaminó" is [ẽŋkamiˈno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encaminó" come from?
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Using “encaminó”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-A-M-I-N-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ẽŋkamiˈno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list